Cameroon

Two staff members of Alternatives Cameroon chat during an idle moment long before the 2024 police raid. (Photo courtesy of HumanRightsWarrior.com)
Police raid on Alternatives Cameroon leaves 1,800 HIV patients in the lurch
Astraeus O'Levin, a transgender woman living in Mombasa, Kenya, visits the the Hapa-Kenya resource centre last year in Mombasa. (Dylan Robertson photo courtesy of The Canadian Press)
LGBTQ+ Africans look to Canada for help as anti-gay laws expand
Students at Bethel Church's School of Supernatural Ministry students worship enthusiastically. (Max Whittaker photo courtesy of SFGate)
Exporting conversion therapy
Cameroon's Patriotic Monument is a highlight of the Odza section of Yaoundé, the capital city. (Photo courtesy of Ocamer.com)
Cameroon lesbian goes into hiding after threats from her lover’s family
Abandoned by the U.S., African HIV fighters must revise their strategies
This Cameroonian woman is a patient at the KIDSS anti-AIDS program, which had been funded by USAID and run by Catholic Relief Services and the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon. (Photo courtesy of CRS)
LGBTI in Cameroon: U.S. ends anti-HIV programs, leaving only homophobic clinics
Manaouda Malachielm, Cakerooj's minister of health. (Photo courtesy of Xinhuanet)
Cameroon needs new donors after US cancels HIV funds
Woman in South Africa walks past a wall covered with ads supporting the fight against HIV/ AIDS. (Denis Farrell photo courtesy of AP / Cruxnow.com)
Fight against HIV in Africa put in jeopardy by suspension of U.S. funding
The Messamendongo crossroads in Yaounde, Cameroon. (Tontonjer photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
Cameroon: Narrow escape by a trans woman
Map of LGBT Rights in Africa — BLUE: Same-sex marriage is legal and discrimination based on sexual orientation prohibited. (Note: The little blue islands are Spanish, French, and UK territories); MAUVE: Limited recognition of foreign same-sex marriages; ORANGE: Same-sex sexual relations are illegal
2024 LGBTQ rights global update: Progress and reversals in Africa
Cameroonian LGBTI rights attorney Alice Nkom responds to accusations against her.
‘I am not afraid’, says LGBTI rights attorney accused of financing terrorism in Cameroon
French groups join Africans in lawsuits against murder music singer
Human rights lawyer Alice Nkom, who founded the Association for the Defence of Homosexual Rights (ADEFHO), is seen in her office in Douala, Cameroon. (Zacharie Ngnogue photo courtesy of The Canadian Press)
In a Cameroon jail, gay youth tells how police exploit homophobia to seek bribes
Cameroon: Like LGBTI people, albinos also must fight against prejudice
Maximilienne Ngo Mbe, executive director of REDHAC (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia)
Cameroon tries to shut down LGBTI-friendly human rights group
New Bell Prison in Douala, Cameroon.
Cameroon court has released 12 of 13 arrested in Sept. 30 raid